Trump rages as rebel House Republicans baulk at backing Big Beautiful Bill

Efforts to triumph implicit holdout House Republicans widen into aboriginal hours arsenic Trump’s taxation and spending measure hits hurdles.

Republicans successful the United States House of Representatives person been locked successful a melodramatic impasse implicit President Donald Trump’s signature taxation and spending package, arsenic a rebel radical of lawmakers failed to enactment the measure that each Democratic representatives oppose.

Debate is presently nether mode astatine the House aft the measure passed its past procedural hurdle successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday, section Washington, DC, time. The last ballot is expected successful a fewer hours.

The standoff implicit the Trump administration’s flagship home argumentation package, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill, stretched into the aboriginal hours of Thursday, arsenic the Republican enactment worked furiously to effort to transportation holdouts to nonstop the measure to Trump’s table by a Friday, July 4 deadline, US Independence Day, portion Trump railed against the rebels connected societal media.

“For Republicans, this should beryllium an casual yes vote. Ridiculous!” helium posted connected his Truth Social platform.

“Largest Tax Cuts successful History and a Booming Economy vs. Biggest Tax Increase successful History, and a Failed Economy. What are the Republicans waiting for?” helium added, threatening that “MAGA is not happy, and it’s costing you votes.”

Earlier, Five Republicans voted “no” successful the procedural ballot to beforehand the legislation, portion 8 had yet to formed a vote.

Assuming each Democratic members formed a ballot against the bill, Trump tin spend to suffer lone 3 Republican votes if it is to beforehand to a last vote.

Centrepiece legislation

The hefty 800-page bill, the centrepiece of the president’s home agenda, combines sweeping taxation cuts, spending hikes connected defence and borderline security, and cuts to societal information nets into 1 elephantine package.

But it faces absorption wrong Trump’s Republican Party, with mean critics expressing interest astir its cuts to societal safety-net programmes similar Medicaid, and conservatives baulking astatine the trillions it is apt to adhd to the nationalist debt.

Five Republicans voted against the bill: representatives Victoria Spartz of Indiana, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Keith Self of Texas, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

House Speaker Mike Johnson had summoned lawmakers to Washington for a rotation telephone vote, successful a bid to capitalise connected the momentum of the bill’s transition a time earlier successful the Senate and triumph House support up of the July 4 nationalist holiday.

Lawmakers had passed the measure by a 51 to 50 vote successful the Republican-controlled enclosure connected Tuesday, aft Vice President JD Vance broke the tie.

But the risky gambit to clasp the rotation telephone ballot swiftly deed hurdles, with immoderate Republican lawmakers resisting the petition to rubber stamp the Senate mentation of the measure truthful soon aft it passed.

‘Bad measure to enrich those who are already rich’

Johnson said helium would support voting unfastened “as agelong arsenic it takes”, arsenic elder Republicans attempted to transportation holdouts to enactment the bill.

He said helium believed that the Republican holdouts were “going to travel connected board”, and expected to proceed to a last ballot connected the authorities successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday morning, The New York Times reported.

As Republicans stay deadlocked, Democrats ramped up their criticisms of the argumentation package. In a video connection posted connected societal media, Representative Chuy Garcia described the authorities arsenic a “bad measure to enrich those who are already rich”.

It’s past midnight successful DC and Republicans are inactive trying to rip healthcare and nutrient from moving families to springiness taxation breaks to billionaires. Call your Republican typical and archer them to ballot HELL NO pic.twitter.com/IfyXFdSaqs

— Congressman Chuy García (@RepChuyGarcia) July 3, 2025

So far, 217 House Representatives person voted against advancing the legislation, including 5 Republicans, portion 207 are successful favour.

Members tin alteration their ballot until voting closes, and 8 Republicans person yet to vote. The measure needs 218 votes to advance.

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